Advice on looking at a Toledo

cypher007

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Jul 13, 2008
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if you're going to have a change its worth doing properly. always get a receipt and warranty with it (usually up to 1 year or 10k) as for the cambelt its worth getting everything done including alternator belt and water pump for metal impeller (which will include coolant change) as plastic ones have been known to fail though not so much on the diesel ones though

do the dealers do a metal one? also will the main agents use de-ionised water? its a real shame i changed the coolant, because that was a complete waste of time and money. is it worth getting them to check the auxiliary belt rollers and alternator pully, as i do sometimes get a strange noise at low speeds, when in car parks, which i can feel though the pedals. its almost like a groaning sound, as if one of the idler's has got a problem with its bearings.